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Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,749
of 22,385 · #24,081 all time
Rank in Spain
#376
of 426
Research works
171
▲ 335% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia

Which fields of science does Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Computer Science (16%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 68.3% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 16.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 7.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCentro deSupercomputación…81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1417.9%
    2. Computer Science1316.4%
    3. Environmental Science89.5%
    4. Mathematics67.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences67.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy66.9%
    7. Materials Science11.8%
    8. Chemistry00.6%
    1. Social Sciences45.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities33.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    4. Decision Sciences11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    6. Psychology10.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56.6%
    2. Neuroscience11.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine56.7%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.11× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.66× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.19× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.92× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.73× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.09× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.73×6 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.66×6 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.09×6 works
  4. Computer Science2.11×13 works
  5. Environmental Science1.92×8 works
  6. Dentistry1.40×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.27×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×5 works
  9. Engineering1.19×14 works
  10. Neuroscience1.12×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.04×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.51×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.40×4 works
  16. Health Professions0.39×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.37×0 works
  19. Medicine0.35×5 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  22. Psychology0.23×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia?

Ranked on the quality score, J. Mouriño, Aurelio Rodrı́guez and Adolfo Eiras lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia.

  1. 1 J. Mouriño Spain · #2,471,462 worldwide 1.9k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Aurelio Rodrı́guez Spain · #2,527,341 worldwide 578 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Adolfo Eiras Spain · #3,135,506 worldwide 716 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Andrés Gómez Spain · #3,515,318 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Azucena Castrillo Spain · #3,982,837 worldwide 228 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 María José Rodríguez Malmierca Spain · #4,025,779 worldwide 41 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Carlos Fernández Sánchez Spain · #4,610,316 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Fernando Carrera Ramírez Spain · #6,291,275 worldwide 327 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Fernando Javier Costas Goberna Spain · #6,627,062 worldwide 45 citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Antonio de la Peña Santos Spain · #6,802,136 worldwide 168 citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia

What are the most cited papers from Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia?

The most cited paper from Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia is "Nonlinear gluon evolution in the color glass condensate: II" (Elena Gonzalez Ferreiro, Edmond Iancu, Andrei V. Leonidov et al., 2002), with 888 citations. Next come "Measuring Renyi Entanglement Entropy in Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations" (440) and "Digital Retinal Images and Teleophthalmology for Detecting and Grading Diabetic Retinopathy" (134).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nonlinear gluon evolution in the color glass condensate: II Elena Gonzalez Ferreiro, Edmond Iancu, Andrei V. Leonidov et al. · Nuclear Physics A Open access May 2002 888
2 Measuring Renyi Entanglement Entropy in Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations Matthew B. Hastings, Iván González, Ann B. Kallin et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 14 Apr 2010 440
3 Digital Retinal Images and Teleophthalmology for Detecting and Grading Diabetic Retinopathy Francisco Gómez‐Ulla, María Isabel Fernández, Francisco González et al. · Diabetes Care Aug 2002 134
4 High temporal variability not trend dominates Mediterranean precipitation Sergio Martín Vicente-Serrano et al. · Nature Open access 12 Mar 2025 116
5 Reduction of the diagnostic window with a new combined p24 antigen and human immunodeficiency virus antibody screening assay Lutz G Gürtler, A. Mühlbacher, Ulrike Michl et al. · Journal of Virological Methods Nov 1998 115
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Warming, Climate Change, Quantum Information, Ocean Circulation, Extreme Events, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrological Cycle and Communication.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 3.5×22 topics
  2. Global Warming6▲ 16×7 topics
  3. Extreme Events3▲ 40×2 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation3▲ 27×2 topics
  5. Quantum Information3▲ 32×2 topics
  6. Climate Modeling3▲ 44×1 topic
  7. Communication3▲ 10×2 topics
  8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Precipitation Extremes3▲ 44×1 topic
  11. Boundary Layer3▲ 25×3 topics
  12. Data Assimilation3▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Entanglement3▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  15. Synthetic Biology2▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Quantum Algorithms2▲ 52×1 topic
  17. Quantum Computation2▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Security2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  19. Probabilistic Forecasting2▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Convective Parameterization2▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Iberian Peninsula2▲ 80×3 topics
  23. CFD Simulation2▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Cryptography2▲ 19×1 topic
  25. Quantum2▲ 29×1 topic
  26. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Gene Regulatory Networks2▲ 102×1 topic
  28. Nonlinear Systems2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  29. Stochastic Gene Expression2▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Archaeology2▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Controllability2▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Sea Level Rise2▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Boundary Value Problems1▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Model Selection1▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Settlement Patterns1▲ 96×2 topics
  36. High-Performance Computing1▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Hurricanes1▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Monte Carlo Simulation1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  39. Storm Surge1▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Parallel Computing1▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Quantum Information and Cryptography.

Climate variability and models: 3 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 2 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…2Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and …2Quantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional worksGene Regulatory Network Analysis: 2 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksWind Energy Research and…1Wind Energy Research and Development: 1 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 1 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeArtificial IntelligenceAtmospheric ScienceMolecular Biology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  4. 4 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Gene Regulatory Network Analysis Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  7. 7 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 335% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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